[Kazan]

And I wanted to avoid paying dabeers money

but I let her choose a ring

(she's calling it a "promise ring", but it's really more of an engagement ring, but being that we're atheists we can define when we were "married" to when ever we want... and we generally consider that in the past)

[an0n]

What a curious talent you have, to make occassions which any other person would consider joyous, into some kind of melancholy affair.

[Kazan]

not melancholy - i just had to explain things.  I'n mot mad that I bought diamonds.. just irked that i had to fork money over to dabeers - knowing that if i had found the right jeweler i could have gotten synthetic diamond (yes REAL diamond made in lab) 100% chemically pure with no imperfections for a _LOT_ less
My girlfriend was also irked at that too

I must say the stones were fairly good for their prince range (yes i borrow a gem magnifier)



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She still likes the ring though (after all she picked it out)

[J3Vr6]

Dude, Kazan, you make it seem like you're proofing a geometry problem.  

Congratulations none the less.

[Liberator]

I'll never understand how Kaz can make something joyous like that sound like he's buying a roll of toilet paper.  Congrats regardless.

The imperfections are what give natural diamonds their character, synthetics are nice but they look like glass in most situations.

[karajorma]

Congrats Kazan.

I fully understand what you mean about man made diamonds though. Especially the coloured ones.

[GT-Keravnos]

Kiss the lucky girl and let her kiss you back, you lucky guy!

Happiness, health, and...

... (geek alert)

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

... (OK, geeks are gone)

[Rictor]

You know what would be cool? Armour made of diamonds. That way, nothing could pierce it, cause hey, its diamonds. Plus, its lighter than iron or whatever. One day......


Oh errr, congrats man.

[Kazan]

Liberator: I'm sure you haven't taken a jewelers magnifier to a diamond, let alonet _seen_ a synthetic, and from a mineralogical standpoint you don't know WTF you're talking about.  The "unique" properties of a diamond that make it sought after are A) hardness, B) critical angle of 22 degrees, C) supposed rarity

A and B are both related to the coherency of the carbon crystal lattice - the less flaws a diamond has the more expensive it is - ie the closer to being a pure perfectly formed crystal.

Lab ones are purefectly pure crystals.


Libby - PLEASE know what you're talking about before posting - forcing me to explain this has just _RUINED_ this thread

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J3Vr6 and An0n: what is it? the disgruntled comment tword dabeers

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Rictor
You know what would be cool? Armour made of diamonds. That way, nothing could pierce it, cause hey, its diamonds. Plus, its lighter than iron or whatever. One day......


Oh errr, congrats man.

actually a laser would pierce it - if it didn't reflect due to the extremely low critical angle

[HotSnoJ]

Hey another HLP marriage! w00t!!

but being that we're atheists we can define when we were "married" to when ever we want... and we generally consider that in the past

Sorry for my misunderstanding, but you can't be "married" unless you have a state issued license. So I'm a little confused.

[Kazan]

HotSnoj: two different definitions of marriage - i wasn't talking state marriage

[Thorn]

Kaz, I mean no offense, but that girl of yours must be one tolerant and understanding lass...
Congrats anyway....

[Stryke 9]

Guess it's a little late now, but that's what Canadian's for.

Yeah, congrats and good luck. Regardless of the depressing nature of your initial post, I'm reasonably sure you're happy with the arrangement, so good for you.

Rictor: Yeah, but I think diamonds over a certain size would shatter. They might be hard, but they aren't nearly as flexible as a metal. Diamond coatings are always nice, though, as would be some kinda chain-mail-like setup that compensated for the rigidity of the crystals. And if you're gonna get that complicated with synthesizing the things, you might as well go all out and do compacted fullerene or monomolecular stuff.

[HotSnoJ]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
Hey another HLP marriage! w00t!!

 Sorry for my misunderstanding, but you can't be "married" unless you have a state issued license. So I'm a little confused.

Hence my confusion. Would you please enlighten me?

[Zuljin]

Congratulations
hope you two will be happy together

[ChronoReverse]

OMG why are you people discussing the rarity, purity and chemical composition of diamonds?


Anyways, congratulations to Kazan (even if he's irked XD )

[Stryke 9]

Because we're GEEKS. Duh.

[aldo_14]

Y'know, you can compress dead people (ashes) into diamonds now

[redsniper]

@ Rictor: diamonds would be far too brittle to make armor out of. A sword could easliy shatter a plate of diamond, not to mention a bullet or explosion

And uh... congrats to Kazan